Tilting bin and sample-display device.



110.754,523. r l PATENTBD MAR.15,1904.

ALWEST.

TILTING" BIN AND SAMPLE DISPLAY DEVICE.

APPLIUATION FILED DBO. 7. 190s.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES v Patented March 15, 1904.

-PATENT OFFICE. y

ARNOLD J. WEST, OF ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON.

TILTING BIN AND SAMPLE-DISPLAY DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 754,523, dated March 15,1904.

Application filed December '7, 1903. Serial No. 184,153. (No-model.)

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, ARNOLD J. WEST, a citizen of the United States,residing at Aberdeen, in the county of Ohehalis and State of Washington,have invented a new and useful Tilting Bin and Sample-Display Device, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the storage-bins employed in stores andsimilar localities for the storage of merchandise in convenient positionfor the salesman, and has for its object to simplify and improve devicesof this character and increase the convenience and ease of operation.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction, ashereinafter shown and described, and specified in the claims.

In the drawings illustrative f the invention, in which correspondingparts are denoted by like designating characters, Figure 1 is atransverse sectional elevation, and Fig. Qis a front elevation, of aportion of a counter with the improvement applied. Fig. 3 isacross-section, enlarged, of the sample-receptacle. Fig.

4. represents the parts forming the-sample-re-y ceptacle disconnectedand enlarged; The improved device comprises generally an inelosingcasing forming a chamber for4 the reception of one or more storage binsor rea. i

ceptacles for the merchandise and movably disposed tosupport. the goodsin convenient position for the salesman, each bin being prof vided witha 'detachable transparent receptaf I cle for a sample of the goodsstored within the pivotedby their lower ends to the-sides of the alongtheir edges, and .detachably supported 100 bin, The casing' portion maybe in the form of a counter, or'it may be constructed to formpart of theshelving Vorarranged nany other required manner, and I do not,therefore, de-

sire to be limited in any manner to any spe cific form foi'ft'hislportion of the apparatus.

YThe casing'po'rtion is represented at l() in the :form of a counterand. will be divided by spaced vertical bars 11 into4 a plurality ofchambers? for the reception of the movable bins or receptacles, whichare of the tilting form, as shown at 12.

Pivoted by their upper ends, as at 13, upon the inner faces of the`dividing-bars 11 are ra'- dins-bars 14., one at each side of each binand bin and spaced from their bottoms, as at 15. By this means the binsare suspended in their respective chambers, with a portion of thecontents below the pivot-points 15 to provide a counterbalance, ashereinafter more fully eX- plained.

v The sides of the bins are rounded at their lower ends and upwardlycurved or convex at their upper ends, as shown, and the front and therear walls are extended at-16 17 to engage the drop-.facing 18 of themember 10 to limit both the outward and inward movement, as will beobvious.

Y Attached to the barsll below their centers are bearings 19 in the formof open elongated hooks, and attached to the sides of the bins ,12 arestuds 20 for engagement with the bearings, as shown. The studs 2O arelocated concentrically of the curved upper ends of the bins, so that asthe latter is opened and closed it will'be caused to turn uponthe studsas centers and maintain the curved upper ends nearly in the sameposition constantly relative to the lower edge of the drop-facing 18,the bin rising andfal'ling slightly, owing to the changes of the centersbetween the :radius-bar pivotal points and the studs 20, as will beobvious.

The weight of .the bins and their contents are borne Wholly bythe pivotsof the radiusbars' 111, and the bins are kept from overturningv by thestuds'V 20, operating 'in the vertically-elongated bearings 19. v

-It will be noted thatl the pivotal points 15 are located at aconsiderable distance above the bottoni of the bin, so that ajrelatively large amount of thecontents ofthe lbins are below the'pivots to form a-counterbalance thereto and materially aid inoperatingl the bins, so that less power is requ-iredto operate them,asw'ill be obvious..." if

Formed in the curved', upper edges of vthe 'sides of the bins areintermediate notches 21, vadapted to engage the drop-facing portion 18land permit the studs 2O to be lifted fromthe bearings v19 when thebins. are tobe detached, the pivot-points 1 5 havingirst l"beendisconnected. Y

Attached to the outer faces of the 'bins are base-plates' 22, havingspacedv guideways- 23 in these guideways are receptacles 24, preferablywith transparent front walls and each with an aperture in the rear sidethrough which the interior is accessible when the receptacles aredetached from their bases. The rear apertures will each be provided witha closure 25, which will beheld in place by the base member 22 when thereceptacle is positioned thereon, as shown. The receptacles 24 are tocontain samples of the contents of the bins, so that the salesman orcustomer can see at a glance the quality or. nature of the goods withinthe bin, and thus materially aid in the work of supplying the desiredgoods and reducing the labor and time required to supply the customer toa corresponding eX- tent.

The receptacle 24 will preferably be in the form of a metal skeletonframe with glass or other transparent panels, as represented, and may inthat way be made highly ornamental, and will add to the attractivenessof the apparatus.

The sample-receptacles can be very quickly detached and the contentschanged or renewed when required, so 1.that the contents of thesample-receptacle will always denote the quality and nature of thecontents of the bin to which it is attached. y

The sample-receptacles may be of any size and of any suitable material.f1 1Having thus described the invention, what v is claimed is- 1LThecombination of a bin-chamber, having'spaced vertically-elongatedbearings, a bin movable withinsaid chamber and having studs engagingsaid bearings, and radius-bars connected respectively by their ends tosaid chamber and bin.

2. `The combination of a bin-chamber having spaced bearings elongatedvertically and open at the top, a bin movably disposed within saidchamber and having studs supported within said bearings and with theupper surface of the bin concentric to said studs, said bin having stopsat its front and rear to limit its movement and with notchesintermediately of said concentric surfaces to permit its detachment fromsaid chamber.

8. The combination of a bin-chamber having spaced vertically-elongatedbearings, a bin movable within said chamber and having studs engagingsaid bearings and with its upper side substantially concentric to saidstuds and with stops at the front and rear to limit its movement, andradius-bars pivoted by their upper ends to said chamber in verticalalinement above said bearings and pivoted by their lower ends to saidbin between said studs and said concentric end and centrally of the bin.

4. The combination with a storage-receptacle of a base member attachedto the front thereof and having spaced parallel guideways, and asample-receptacle having a transparent front and detachably supported bysaid guideways.

5. The combination with a storage-receptacle of a base member attachedto the front thereof and having spaced parallel guideways, asample-receptacle'having a transparent front and detachably supported bysaid guideways and with an aperture in its rear side provided with adetachable closure held in position by the base member when thesample-receptacle is closed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afxed mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

` ARNOLD J. WEST.

Witnesses:

H. A. HAYES, W.V B. MACK.

